4—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Aug. 10, 1956 Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly Newspaper Established November 4, 1955 Published every Friday by OCTORARO NEWSPAPERS Quarryville, Pa. Phone 378 Lancaster Phone 4-3047 Alfred C. Alspach Ernest J. Neill C. Wallace Abel Robert G. Campbell ... Robert J. Wiggins Subscription Rates: $2.00 Per Year Three Years $5.00; 5c Per Copy Entered as Second-Class matter at the Post Office, Quarryville, Pa., under Act of March 3, 1879 Word that Lancaster County ranks second nationwide in chickens four months old and over in farms in 1954 comes as little surprise to local residents Outsiders may accept this, not realizing the Garden Spot ranks high in the tables of other agricultural yield records. Lancaster County, with 2,825,047, ranked sec ond only to Monmouth County, N. J, -with 3,260,953, or 0.9 per cent of the U. S. total Figures on broiler production swing wide over the na tion, with the third position going to Sonoma County, California, fourth to San Bernardino County in California, fifth to Ocean County, New Jersey, and sixth to Cumber land County, New Jersey, Add to this Lancaster County’s records in tobacco pro duction, her high rank in other fields. Although Lancaster County’s rank in poultry is high, it must be remembered that it holds records in other agri cultural lines too, and is not confined to one phase alone. Record receipts at the Lancaster Poultry Exchange indi cate other records—much higher—will be wrapped up again soon by the Garden Spot There’s something sobering when you take a look back into the armed services after several years without direct contact It takes but a reunion between a couple out of uniform a decade and one who has remained in. Names are exchanged in rapid-fire fashion. “Where’s so and so? How about Jim ? Have you heard anything of ?” From the civilian ranks comes some news, from the uniformed ranks comes others. Speaking of rank, one master sergeant today is a lieutenant colonel in Bang kok, Thailand; the boyish lieutenant colonel of some years back is now matured and in an extremely responsible position in Europe. Some names must be crossed off the list There have been deaths, some through military and civilian aircraft mishaps, births, divorces. The perennial motorcycling bachelor has married and slowed down. Some have risen through the ranks at break-neck speed, others have cruised along "at normal, non-excitable speed, maintaining what rank they have Today’s life in service is different There’s a comarad erie that didn’t exist in the days of World War II when people of all walks of civilian life were thrown together under war conditions Today there has been more rigid sorting. There is a manpower shortage in several branches. Hours are long. Work requirements are stringent. Social life is perhaps more family style than it was in the days when the family was in one corner of the country, the man of the house in another corner ot the world There’s casual talk of flights to Paris, Rome, Tehran, Iceland, the Azores, Scotland—a world that is shrunken by airplanes Most interesting is that there is a devotion to duty, a schedule that ignores the 40-hour week, a spirit among the regular service men that is one of work, devotion to duty. Much of the public is still unaware of what really goes on in service ranks today, where a limited number are doing the work that twice that number should do. Tobacco being harvested ahead of normal. Rains have pushed potato vines along and delayed tuber growth. Rains have boosted tomato plants and shaded the fruit — delaying ripening All pose problems for the Lancaster County producer For awhile there were fears of damage to tobacco; movement of tomatoes must be on a split-second schedule. The season where there is not a spare moment to leave consideration of crops is here What a change it is from the dry spell we encountered this time a year ago, and how wonderful the fields look. Visitors are wondered, and well they might be. Nothing unusual, one might comment, typically Lan caster County and Lancaster farming. STAFF County Chickens Old Soldiers Unusual Seasons Publisher .. Editor . Business Manager Advertising Director Circulation Director 50 Years Ago This Week on Lancaster Farms 50 YEARS AGO (1906) By JACK REICHARD. Justice of the Peace William Duff, prominent farmer, aged 80, of New Castle, Pa, died from the effects of a shotgun wound re ceived m an altercation with four Italians The foreigners | were shooting birds on Squire Duff’s farm, and when ordered off the place, one of the Italians shot him in the head He was found in the field by his son, and before losing consciousness, ac cused Dominick Ferrone with the assault. Milk Dealers Sued Slate Dairy and Food Com missioner Werren, directed his agent in Adams County to bring suit at Gettysburg against the dealers who sold adulterated milk to the National Guard of Pennsylvania troops during the division -encampment in the area. * • Wheat Train For Kansas The Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, in cooperation with the Kansas State Agricul tural College, ran a wheat instru ction tram over some of the lines of its system in Kansas during August, 1906. Five lecturers from the agricultural college accom panied the tram. It was stated that for a long time, it had been the practice of many Kansas farmers to sell most of their good wheat atid use the poorest for seed. The main purpose of the train was to teach farmers that they would profit by sowing the best wheat. It was estimated the use of only the best wheat for seed would increase the yield of Kansas wheat from 3 million to five million bushels annual ly, a half century ago. On the Lancaster farm of Robert Scott, Little Britain Township, a large number of neighbors had gathered to see Scott’s new Halleck potato pick er work. Just when the equip ment was adiusted for trial, a heavy rain put a stop to the operations * Farmers Turn Out To See Trains Sunday, Aug 12, 1906, farmers residing along the new Low Grade branch line of the Pennsyl vania R. R. Comapny, between Columbia and Parkesburg, spent most of the day along the right of-way watching the first freight trains to pass over the line. Many of the families had never seen a train before. # $ A meeting of the Lancaster County Tobacco Growers* As sociation was held at the Coca lico experimental station. West Cocalico Township, 50 years ago this week. Among the speakers were Professor Whit ney, of. Washington D. C, and State Chemist Frear of Pen nsylvania State College. An ex hibit of cigars and tobacco from the 1904-5 crop grown at the station was on display. S fi * Lancaster cattle dealers organ ized to confine business at the Union Stock Yards to fixed mar ket days instead of scattered all through the week. Fifty years ago Wednesday was the big day, but cattle were bought and sold on other days of the week. UNTREATED TJB. CASES Dr Edward X. Mikol, tuber culosis expert, estimates that at least 80,000 persons in this coun try are ill with tuberculosis but are not in hospitals for treat ment He cited a U. S. Public Health Service report showing that 45 per cent of T.B, patients are not hospitalied, 87 per cent o& Which are in advanced stages of the disease and half of which are 45 or older. 25 YEARS AGO (1931) Farmers throughout the nation, vigorously opposed the railroad’s petition for a t 5 percent increase in freight rates presented to the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. Hearings were scheduled at Washington, Chicago, Kansas City, Dallas, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Atlantic, and Boston during August. 1931 * V Farmer Dies In' Wheat Field Mervin W- Fait, farmer, near Gettysburg, was a heat victim in Adams County, 25 years ago this week He was at work in a wheat field pitching sheaves on a wagon in the hot sun, and suddenly collapsed. Fellow workmen tried to revive him without success * « * The 1931 picnic of the Lan caster Farmers’ Protective As sociation was held on the Central Manor Camp grounds and attract ed a large crowd. Speakers included H. Landis Shank, president of the Lan caster County Taxpayers’ Lea gue, Lancaster; Honorable A. J. White Hutton, of Franklin County; John H. Moore and T. Richard Witmer, both of Lan caster. Hutton advised the assemblage to take greater interest in poli tics, so that the interest of the farmers might be better safe guarded. Background Sorlptoro: John 13*3-15. 14-35; I John 1-2-17; 2 John: 3 John. Devotional Xboadtaft Philipplans 1:1-U. " Fellowship Lesson for August 13, 1958 THE word "fellowship” Is bat ted wound a good deal without people’* always knowing just all that the word can mean. When *ome_men use the word they may mean no more by It than lunching In the same place with other men of about the same bracket, once a week, calling one another by their first names and in general acting as jolly as possi- ble. This is some distance off the meaning of the same word “fel- lowshlp” as we find It In the New Dr. Foreman Testament. There It Is a very Im portant word. Indeed it sums up all that the Christian church is and ought to be at its best. With God Fellowship,—the word, that Is— even among Christians can be mis understood. It Is not Just the same thing as “sharing.” Some forms of sharing, or what goes by that name, are not fellowship at all The writer, was in a meeting once where a good deal was said about sharing with the needy of the city and In other lands. Toward the close of the meeting It came out what was being planned: an old clothes drive. Everybody present was exhorted to go through his or her attic and closets and find cloth ing, hats and what-not that wouldn’t be used again, and to have these ready on the porch when the boys came by for it. Of course that was not real sharing at all, it was only a scheme to get rid of some fire hazards, to tidy up for lull housecleaning Real sharing always involves giving up something which one would other wise have been glad to use. But even real sharing may not be fel lowship as the New Testament has it, —not as our Lord and tHe be loved John meant it and practiced it A traveler can share a seat on a bus when he would much Livestock judging contests, M tured the field da y meet of Lancaster County Holsf Friesian Breeders’ at the farm of Earl L. Groff, sociation president, near s lfJ burg il Professor R H dairy cattle specialist of Pennstfl vania State College, the placing of the animals classes of livestock were judg.i« mature cows, yearling hei{ (l ‘,! and bull calves - '■ IT 9 Farm H^nd p ks Horace Hughes, 25, on the farm of Eugene at Elverson, Chester County, v, ; fatally imured He was helpn, q to thresh and the platform fr 0: ? which he was feeding | broke and threw him into till blades of the machine His lepj leg was mutilated before o could be released and he soon after being taken to UjJ Pottstown Hospital Caught In Thresher n. Pomona Grange P 1 an* Picnic on Aug. 18 J „ ll Lancaster County PornonM Grange No. 71 will hold its mrS nual picnic at Oakryn Hall SaS urday evening, 730 p fn., Awyj 18 • II A short business session will s follow Those attending are quested to bring a basket lunch-1 for the picnic, according to M& v ; S. Ralph Wanner of R 2 Naivon The world has always had nil dividuals able to answer all Ha questions involving mankmij but fortunately the people hails been too smart to listen to then® rather sit alone. Fellowship sharmg-with-love, it is a shannj 3 love. H With Man | It is a striking fact that although! John is writing to and about thi| Christian church, he writes two o| his three letters without ever usingr the word. Perhaps it was too cold! and formal a word for him, all though Paul loved the word* “church” and so may we. But John! did not want to be misunderstood* So he uses simple words hki “God’s children," “brothers.” The church is the place for fellowship among God’s children. In a real church, is bound to be i closer, dearer tie between Chns tian and Christian than then can be between persons outside the church, or between Christians and outsiders. What brings Chris tians together in the first place is not simply themselves as human beings. It is their fellowship with God It is because they are so dost to him that they becorfie close to one another. Now fellowship with other Christians in the church • again more than sharing Even on the sharing-level, how much of it is done in the typical church? What do “members” of the same church sha#e’ Pews, hymnbooks, the same -sermons, preacher, potato salad at church suppers’ AU this may bt the doorway to Christian fellow ship, but still not quite it Two peo ple can sit at opposite ends of th» same pew, and eat out of the same salad bowl, for years on end, with out ever finding out what real fel lowship means. It is only when they really fhare the love of God when together they let his love -flow through them in Joyous serv ice in his name, that they discover Fellowship. Learning How Christian churches would wither without Christian homes. Littk children learn lessons in living first at home before they learn in Sun day school or church. Father mother and children can learn to gether what Christian fellowship is, and if they do, they will know what the preacher is talking about. If they do not learn at home, tM minister, and the Bible, will seem to be talking In a strange lam guage. Actually, there Is not > great deal of time to practice f«l‘ lowshlp in the church. Maybe on* spends five hours a week there; it’ s more than most do. But there ar* 168 hours In a week; what abom the other 1637 If the church is tb» lecture-room for fellowship, th» home is the laboratory. The Bibl* tells us that it will work. Home ij where we can And out how right ts. (Based an anilines oopyrlfhtsd by ' b * Division of Christian Edoostlon, tlonsl Connell of the Cbarebss of Cb r1 ’ in the V. * A. Released b> Capstan*' ls Dress SsrTlssd
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